The princess bride : S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure : the "good parts" version, abridged
by Goldman, William, 1931-2018
Summary
William Goldman's modern fantasy classic is a simple, exceptional story about quests -- for riches, revenge, power, and, of course, true love -- that's thrilling and timeless. Anyone who lived through the 1980s may find it impossible -- inconceivable, even -- to equate The Princess Bride with anythi... Full description
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William Goldman's modern fantasy classic is a simple, exceptional story about quests -- for riches, revenge, power, and, of course, true love -- that's thrilling and timeless. Anyone who lived through the 1980s may find it impossible -- inconceivable, even -- to equate The Princess Bride with anything other than the sweet, celluloid romance of Westley and Buttercup, but the film is only a fraction of the ingenious storytelling you'll find in these pages. Rich in character and satire, the novel is set in 1941 and framed cleverly as an "abridged" retelling of a centuries-old tale set in the fabled country of Florin that's home to "Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passions." |
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1 online resource |
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Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1517 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Text Difficulty 4 UG/Upper grades (9th-12) 5.8 |
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9780156035422 |
Author Notes: |
He wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, The Stepford Wives, and Chaplin. He adapted three screenplays from his own novels including The Princess Bride, Marathon Man, and Heat. His other novels included The Temple of Gold, No Way to Treat a Lady, Adventures in the Screen Trade, Hype and Glory, and Which Lie Did I Tell. He sometimes wrote under pseudonyms during his career including S. Morgenstern and Harry Langlaugh. He won three Lifetime Achievement Awards for Screenwriting, including the 1985 Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement in Screenwriter. He won two Screenwriter of the Year Awards and two Academy Awards, one for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the other for All the President's Men. He also won an English Academy Award. He died from colon cancer and pneumonia on November 16, 2018 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) |